Origin: A Technothriller

When linguist Andrew Dennison is yanked from his bed by the Secret Service and taken to a top secret facility in the desert, he has no idea he's been brought there to translate the words of an ancient demon. He joins pretty but cold veterinarian Sun Jones, eccentric molecular biologist Dr. Frank Belgium, and a hodge-podge of religious, military, and science personnel to try and figure out if the creature is, indeed, Satan. But things quickly go bad, and very soon Andy isn't just fighting for his life, but the lives of everyone on earth...

The Hatching

Deep in the jungle of Peru, a black, skittering mass devours an American tourist party whole. FBI agent Mike Rich investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis and makes a gruesome discovery. Unusual seismic patterns register in an Indian earthquake lab, confounding the scientists there. The Chinese government 'accidentally' drops a nuclear bomb in an isolated region of its own country. And all of these events are connected.

Blood Cruise

Ben Clow's plans are set. Drop off kids, pick up girlfriend, head to the marina, and hop on best friend's cruiser for a weekend of fun at sea. But Ben's happy plans are about to be changed by a tentacled horror that lurks beneath the waves. International crime lords! Deep cover black ops agents! A ravenous, bloodsucking monster! A storm of evil and danger conspire to turn Ben Clow's vacation from a fun ocean getaway into a nightmare of a blood cruise!

Breeds, Book 1

In a near-deserted coastal village, odd things are happening. Strangers are asking questions about the town's recluse. A local hunter discovers naked footprints in the snow. The stray dog population has ceased to exist. And with winter's most powerful weapon bearing down, things are about to become much, much worse. A werewolf book. Not a romance. Not at all.

Fearful Symmetry: A Thriller

More than 75 years ago, five Nazi scientists embarked upon an expedition into the frozen Himalayas in search of the origins of the Aryan race. What they found instead was something beyond their wildest imaginations--a secret they would sooner take to their graves than risk releasing upon an unsuspecting world.

The Gates: An Apocalyptic Horror Novel

What will you do when the world ends? That's a question that needs answering quickly when the gates to Hell open up all over Earth. Taking place across the globe is an apocalypse like no other, and humanity will find itself at war against a smart and merciless foe. Follow the struggles to survive with several characters as things go from bad to worse. Humanity is dwindling.

The Tide

Captain Dominic Holland leads a crew of skilled covert operatives and talented scientific personnel. He's taken them to all corners of the Earth to protect the United States from biological and chemical warfare. When his CIA handler, Meredith Webb, gives him a mission to investigate a disturbing lead on a laboratory based out of an abandoned oil rig, they discover the most terrifying threat to mankind they've ever faced - a genetically engineered biological weapon called the Oni Agent.

The Black: A Deep Sea Thriller

Under 30,000 feet of water, the exploration rig Leaguer has discovered an oil field larger than Saudi Arabia. The oil is so sweet and pure, nations would go to war for the rights to it. As the team starts drilling one exploration well after another in their race to claim the sweet crude, a deep rumbling beneath the ocean floor shakes them all to their core. Something has been living in the oil and it's about to give birth to the greatest threat humanity has ever seen.

Haunted House

At Butler House a series of grisly murders over a century have led many to believe it's haunted. To one scientist it's the perfect place for an experiment in fear. Eight people, each chosen because they lived through a terrifying experience, are offered a million dollars to spend one night at Butler House. They can take whatever they want with them - religious items, survival gear, and weapons. All they need to do is last the night.

Unspeakable: Some Secrets Will Haunt You

Kenning Hall was more than a country home, it was the family's sanctuary away from the frenetic pace of London, until that day. What happened that day was so horrifying, so devastating, that the place was left to ruin, until now. A decade later, 32-year-old Rupert Harrison, the only surviving heir to the Harrison publishing dynasty, has ordered Kenning Hall restored to its former glory. It's time to go back.

Scabs: The Gemini Exception

A strange phenomenon occurs out of nowhere: an omnipresent light that engulfs the entire planet. Humanity is forever changed by the light. NOAA and NASA are mystified. People soon face a new threat; even the smallest, most insignificant injury will no longer heal. Doctors cannot stop it. The sick do not die. They change. They are Scabs.

Book of the Dead

Massive sinkholes are opening across the country - each larger and deeper than the previous one. First the family pets go missing, and anyone living near one of the pits, is reporting strange phenomena - the vibrations, sulphurous odours and strange sounds rising up from the stygian depths. Then come the reports of horrifying 'things' rising from the darkness.When the people start disappearing the government is forced to act.

The Scarlet Gospels

The gates to hell are open, and something beckons.... The last of Earth's magicians are living in fear. A Cenobite Hell Priest known as Pinhead is killing them off, gorging on their knowledge to enhance his own magical powers as part of a quest to takeover hell. Meanwhile Private Investigator Harry D'Amour is fulfilling the final wishes of the dead, who communicate with his business associate, the blind medium Norma Paine.

Crimes Against Magic: The Hellequin Chronicles, Book 1

How do you keep the people you care about safe from enemies you can't remember? Ten years ago, Nate Garrett awoke on a cold warehouse floor with no memory of his past and the only clues to his identity were a piece of paper with his name on it and a propensity toward magic. Now he's a powerful sorcerer and a successful thief for hire, but it turns out that those who stole his memories aren't done with him yet. When they cause a job to go bad, threatening a sixteen-year-old girl, Nate swears to protect her.

The Silence

In the darkness of an underground cave, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, voices, and they feed.... Swarming from their prison, the creatures thrive; to whisper is to summon death. As the hordes lay waste to Europe, a girl watches to see if they will cross the sea. Deaf for years, she knows how to live in silence; now it is her family's only chance of survival. To leave their home, to shun others. But what kind of world will be left?

The Gemini Effect

A single raindrop opens a Pandora's box of horrors when the spawn of perverse genetic research performed during World War II - refined by Cold War enemies and perfected by nature - are unleashed on an unsuspecting world. By dawn only a dead city remains, eerily quiet and still except for the mutant beasts who hide from the light, multiply, and await the shadows of day's end.

Terminal Freeze

In this riveting new thriller, Lincoln Child weaves together a stunning Arctic landscape, a terrifying mythic creature, and a pervasive mood of chaos and fear. With Terminal Freeze, Child demonstrates why he has become a major best-selling author, and why his novels electrify and enthrall so many.

Locke & Key

Based on the best-selling, award-winning graphic novel series Locke & Key - written by acclaimed suspense novelist Joe Hill (NOS4A2, Horns) and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez - this multicast, fully dramatized audio production brings the images and words to life.

Publisher's Summary

The fossilized remains of a previously unclassified hominin species are discovered in the Altai Mountains, prompting teams of scientists from around the globe to converge upon this isolated region of Siberia in search of further evidence to corroborate the revolutionary theory that a third proto-human ancestor coexisted with Neanderthals and primitive Homo sapiens.

What awaits them is anything but extinct.

FBI Special Agent Grey Porter leads the investigation into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the appearance of a factory trawler of Russian origin off of the Washington Coast. He finds 12 bodies, all of them exsanguinated through ferocious bite wounds on their necks. According to the manifest, there should have been only 11.

Whatever killed them is no longer onboard.

Elena Sturm of the Seattle PD is assigned to patrol the waterfront renovation project on Salmon Bay. While rousting the homeless from the underground warrens of the massive construction site, she stumbles upon the corpse of a man whose wounds are identical to those of the victims aboard the ghost ship. Something has cut a bloody swath across the Pacific.

This dove straight into the plot, of some prehistoric cave-man/monster attacking researchers. You follow the deaths as the boat makes its way back Stateside. This was very similar to "The Relic" in that the beastie makes its home in the sewers; but still tense enough that you were on edge listening to it.

I started this book one afternoon and finished it the following day. I couldn't stop listening!

I'm much more into sci-fi. So this book was just enough "weird" to keep me interested.

The narrator did a fine job. There were no editing problems that I can recall.

There were just a few little things that bothered me, but didn't detract from the 5 stars. In the beginning, there was a guy that got scratched and he became very ill. I was expecting him to turn into something or at least die. He was extremely sick, which was caused by the scratch. (At least I'm remembering it as a scratch. I don't think it was a bite.) Later on, the lead female character gets scratched, pretty severely and nothing happens. There's more time spent on describing the scratches, the talons going into her flesh like fish hooks, skin parting, talons gripping, hands curling, etc. Nothing else is mentioned. She doesn't get sick or even a band-aid. The following day, after a night's sleep, she's up and getting dressed up for a formal dance/mayor's shin-dig thing. Slices like that should have at least gotten some stitches. And now that I'm finished, I look at the book cover. I can see how they tried to make this look like one of them, but what about the teeth?

To sum it up, I highly enjoyed the book and give it 5 stars!

This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBlast dot com.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Frode

07/07/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"FBI thriller with a TWIST!"

You like FBI storeys? Oh you do? Then you will like this. This is a good FBI thriller from Michael McBride. I never read something from him, and i have lost out i understand after this book. I would recommend "Predatory Instinct" to any one who enjoys a great thriller. But this is a story with a Twist! Most because of this "creature" the FBI is chasing! Its when the Sfi elements comes inn i feel this book is at its best. I think this is a book all people will LIKE, but not love. The efforts of the FBI team is engading, but not fantastic. So not full pot.

Scott Thomas is fantastic! Not only fantastic, but he almost make the book better. I like his tone, way of talking and voice! He is really, really, really just OUT of my head the BOMB! So i would love to hear more from him. 9 hrs and 2 mins goes so fast i almost forgot to do something.

So i do recommend this book, and i would love to see more from Scott Thomas AND Michael McBride. I think we have a winner in both. I am not sure what more you can wish for! Maybe i BIT better Story, but its not far away from full 5 out of 5!

"I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBlast dot com"

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Michael Oberhardt

Home with my wife and cats

14/07/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Well Written Bio Thriller"

Predatory Instinct was a well written thriller about a lost dangerous hominid species discovered and the fallout from this discovery.

The book was interesting, and the writing style was engaging and easy to follow, and the narration was excellent. The story background, the setting, and the overall premise was very well thought out, both the monster origin location and the Seattle underground setting. I did honestly find it lacked one thing I really like in any story - at least one character you like. I can deal with that if the book is a straight out tragedy, where nobody gets out alive, but not in a story like this. The story has many characters, most are downright baddies, some a bit greyer. But the nominal lead "good guy" characters, Grey Porter and Elena Sturm, start off well, but at some point in the story they become emotionally attached and protective towards the monster in the book, because oooh, it looks and sounds so sad, and is so young, poor baby. At this point, the book is beyond grey, and there is no-one left to root for, no-one you hoped win. Kind of leaves me feeling a bit unfulfilled. I actually felt that I could relate more at some level to the rich father who starts on a path of vengeance, but end up trying to feed his money god.

Scott Thomas is a fantastic narrator, and I've other books of his in my library. I hope he has many more books in the works.

Note that I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Blast. I've previously purchased audiobooks by Michael McBride so I was glad for the opportunity.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Matthew

SEATTLE, WA, United States

14/01/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"Sorry, I couldn't deal with this one"

What would have made Predatory Instinct better?

Far better researchLess gratuitous politicizingEditing

What do you think your next listen will be?

Not this author. I am starting an Alistair Reynolds scifi thriller now.

What aspect of Scott Thomas’s performance would you have changed?

On balance, not a bad performance, given the almost trite material the performer had to work with. He can be somewhat bombastic at times, but certainly not a bad effort.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Predatory Instinct?

Anything to do with Seattle, and on board fish boats. Clearly the author is either taking massive creative license OR has never been on board a fish boat let alone visited Seattle.

I don't want to come across as petty, but I just couldn't handle the inaccuracies in this one.

Any additional comments?

I received this book in exchange for a fair and neutral review. I am disappointed in this offering. It was poorly researched, took far too much artistic license with places and things , and was overly political. Your mileage may vary, but this one really didn't work for me.

I can't recommend this one, and hope for better from this otherwise good team.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

Shoshana Hathaway

Atlanta, GA

29/07/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Lethal innocence"

When I first began this book, I thought I was going to get yet another “crazy man tries to take over the country” story with stock characters, and a feisty but cute cop. I was wrong on all counts, and very happy about that!

OK, some of those elements are there …there is definitely a crazy warrior all set to take over the country (on his way to taking over the world), but …the author rearranges him quite a bit, especially where motivations are involved, so he become extremely interesting as things progress. There is a feisty cute cop, too …who also happens to be a budding crime scene investigator, and is sensitive and compassionate to boot. Watching her was a treat, because she could be forceful, kind, unpredictable, subtle and forthright, in turns …or occasionally all at once. Her co-hero wasn’t at all a stock character, but a marvelous FBI rebel, willing to endanger his career for …the monster.

Yes, there is a monster, and it does all the stuff monsters do, with lots of blood and gore …but there is a surprise there that sets this book apart, and moves it out of being at all trite. Granted, the premise stretches my suspension of disbelief almost to the breaking point …but almost is the operative word, because that premise isn’t quite impossible, either.

I did have some issues with the narrator. There is a part of a ship called a gunwale …and it is pronounced GUNNEL. There were a couple of other mispronunciations, but that one occurred enough times that I noticed, and gritted my teeth each time. Also, at one point the author misread a simple word, and that should have been edited and corrected. While the mistakes weren’t major, I am used to an extremely high quality of production from books from Audible.com, so yes, I have very high expectations, there.

Still, all in all, I’m glad to have read this essentially excellent book, and would give the book 4.9 out of 5 stars. I can’t be as generous with the narrator …even the little things are important, so 3 stars, there.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Alfred L.

Bristol, TN United States

18/07/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Very good."

If you could sum up Predatory Instinct in three words, what would they be?

Suspenseful, moody, shocking.

What other book might you compare Predatory Instinct to and why?

I like Michael McBride's other books as well. Looking for a sequel to The Coyote.

What does Scott Thomas bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I really liked his narration style.

Any additional comments?

I received a complimentary copy from AudioBook Blast in exchange for an honest review.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Foy

Middle America

10/07/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Aliens? No. Scarier!"

Would you listen to Predatory Instinct again? Why?

First I'll say I don't listen to any police type books but I had this in my wish list for a while because the premise seemed so fresh. And yes, I would listen again because it was a little difficult to keep up with all the characters and groups in the beginning. I love being able to stretch my horizons with offers of free read for review.

What did you like best about this story?

The 'monster' was so well thought out! It reminded (in a good way) of Aliens. The narrator did a decent job considering all the different voices. The entire book was so fast paced. I really think it would make a great movie, creepy and uber bloody :-).

Which character – as performed by Scott Thomas – was your favorite?

FBI Agent Grey Porter was was funny, wisecracking and conceited, so he of course must be my favorite!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

After the first attack, the survivors regroup and start realizing the special abilities the monster has. It was very interesting because it starts you thinking about our evolution and theirs.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

Deedra

United States

17/03/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"Predatory Instinct"

Scott Thomas does a nice job narrating this thriller.In the bowels of the city,where the homeless have lived for decades,a missing link on our evolutionary chain exists.It came by way of boat and blood.First discovered around the country as a fossil,we are brought into the story by a father in search of a son.His search continues for answers and he will stop at nothing to use this new 'weapon' to make money and fame.An fbi agent and a cop are also looking for answers.A bit incredulous at times but a good read.This audiobook was provided to me at no cost for a fair and honest review

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

adele1970

28/01/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"Average Procedural Crime Thriller"

This is an ok story about greed, revenge and hubris inadvertently resulting in a member of a previously unknown type of predatory hominid being tragically released in (and terrorizing) modern day Seattle.

My main criticism of this book's characters are they are somewhat flat and their motivations and actions are inconsistent - which makes it hard ro relat

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Lisa H.

United States

26/01/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"Sci-Fi Thriller"

This story has many twists and each one is great. This book has it all and is told in such a way that you can't stop listening because you might miss something. Kudos to the narrator, he is perfect for this.

Imagine you discover a new species (by accident) and it consumes blood to live. (not a vampire in traditional terms at all) Then how the government, scientists, private corporate bigwigs, etc. & all the way down to the pubic sector would react to the discovery and accidental release of this ancient human-like species into an unsuspecting city. Whew, (hope that make sense) Then the struggles to capture and/or use them for future genetic tinkering, military applications, etc.

Add in a brave policewoman who has a soft heart for the plight of homeless people, an FBI Agent who goes from just doing his job to eventually falling for the cute cop, a powerful man w/only vengeance on his mind and a little "girl" who has lost her entire family.

This story will grab you. Give it a listen!

"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBlast dot com."

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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